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News Roundup 9/25/15

The Pope is in NYC, offering a takedown of “exclusion and inequality” while also jamming up traffic. A skilled practitioner in the art of direct action? You decide. In other news:

  • John Boehner resigns from his congressional seat and position as Speaker of the House. (via The Nation)
  • Pharmacy workers at a Target store in Brooklyn have voted to form a “microunion” — making it the first unionized store in Target’s history. Just a day later, the retailer announced a “plan to develop automation systems and replace workers with robots in their retail locations.”
  • Activists in NYC and beyond demonstrated to mark the 4th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street — and to continue the fight for social and economic justice. 
  • Meanwhile, prominent human rights activists in Uzbekistan have been beaten and detained for documenting forced labor in the country’s cotton fields. (via HRW.org)
  • New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo named Roberta Reardon, former official with the AFL-CIO, as the new Labor Commissioner. (via CapitalNewYork.com)
  • Also in New York State, “recent investigations to protect exploited workers […] have led to nearly $3.3 million in back wages, damages and settlements for 800 workers.” (via LaborPress.org)
  • The California waste workers at the center of the NLRB’s joint employer ruling have voted by more than a 4-1 margin to join the Teamsters Union. (via Teamster.org)
  • The struggle continues: more class action complaints have come in regarding the treatment of workers in the on-demand economy, this time at food delivery companies DoorDash and GrubHub in California state court. (via Wired)
  • Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart) relaunched last week. A minor schism has appeared between the alt-labor organizing effort and the United Food and Commercial Workers, the original backers of the drive — marking an interesting (if confusing) development in the fight.

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TEAMSTERS LOCAL 2010 UNION REPRESENTATIVE – SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Union Overview
Teamsters Local 2010 is pleased to announce the Union Representative – Southern California position to be filled as soon as possible. This position offers a unique opportunity to represent administrative and allied staff workers employed by the University of California. The Union is currently seeking to fill one position to support the Southern California region. The Union headquarters is located in Oakland with a satellite office in Bellflower, California. This position is based out of the Bellflower office.

The position will be responsible to represent the interests of Teamsters Local 2010, its officers, members and staff at all times with the University of California, state federations, area labor councils and central labor councils, affiliates and constituency groups and will report to the Secretary‐Treasurer, or designee. The Union Representative – Southern California position will support the campuses, health centers and outlying worksites of UCLA, Riverside, Irvine, San Diego, Santa Barbara and other UC locations as needed.

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